Sir John Evelyn (1591–1664) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1660.
He reluctantly supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Evelyn was the son of Sir John Evelyn of Kingston, Godstone, Surrey and Marden, MP and his wife Elizabeth Stever, daughter of William Stever of Kingston upon Thames.
[1] As government contractor of gunpowder in June 1628, he was in the credit of the crown for £2400 and had ceased to supply the navy.
[3] In November 1640, Evelyn was re-elected MP for Bletchingley in the Long Parliament.